Tony Blackmon
Private investor vs. equity partner.
I am currently reading the book on flipping houses and it seems like these financing tools are really similar and I am stuck so, what is the difference between a private investor and and equity partner?
Sean McDonnell
STRs in Mountains vs Beach Towns
There has been a lot of talk recently about short term rentals in mountain vacation towns (thanks @Avery Carl - but really your episode was awesome) but are there a lot of you who invest in beach towns? We own two bea...
Ryan Morlino
Need some guidance on setting price for a ground lease
I need some advice on pricing rent for a ground lease with a 99 year term. Let me give a little background info first.My wife and I recently built and rented two houses on land belonging to my in-laws. The agreement...
Darryl Jennings
Buy property to pay debt? Pay debt to buy property?
Many people feel you should be debt free before buying an investment property, while I feel if numbers are right that investment property can help you pay off the debt although theres definitely risk. What do you all ...
Anthony French
Buying my first apartment building
So I found an apartment building about 40min from my house I’m looking to purchase with an angel investor firm (6%) so I won’t have to put any money down to start, the property is listed at $575,000
12 units all lea...
Account Closed
Will HOAs disclose how many rentals there are in community?
I need to know what percentage or how many single family homes in a certain gated community are RENTERS vs home OWNERS. I want to possibly buy a SFH in this gated community. My realtor told me HOAs are more than likel...
Richard Pennington
Multi family investing with an FHA in DC
Young 24 year old getting into a federal job within a year and I wanted some clarity before I moved way ahead of time on using an FHA loan for a Mutli family home, duplex, or even a 4plex. I understand the market in D...
Andre S Walters
Buying My First Multi-Family Units
Hello, I'm a complete newbie at this so forgive me....but I just want to clarify something as I'm making a slight switch in my strategies and I'm heavily considering looking in buying multi-family units......I was on ...
Connor Hedley
Why are"Repairs and Maintenance" expenses calc. as a % of income?
In the Bigger Pockets calculator, "Repairs and Maintenance" are represented as a % of gross monthly income. The suggested range is 5-15% of monthly income. My question: Shouldn't "Repairs and Maintenance" be calculate...
James Ritter
Listsource 40% Bad Data?
I just called Listsource to ask about how often they update their data and I was told that for real estate it will not be older than 6 months. That sounded good to me. However, I also asked what percentage should I ex...